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ATTORNK Y-AT-LAW,
Clearfield, P.
Will otlond to til bmlnoM entnutod to him
norlJ'73
WILLIAM 1. W1LLACI.
MlkET F. WALL1C1.
DAVID t. KUM.
JOB w. woiuLir
WALLACE & KREBS,
(SaweoKrt to Wollaoe Fielding,) '
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
11-117S Clearfield, P. . -
m. T. WILIOK. . . . TA VAL1H, . B.
DBS. WILSON St VAN VALZAH,
Clearfield, Pa.
Oflno in nildoBOO of Dr. Wllion.
Otmi HoDMt From 11 to 1 r. . Dr. Vn-
Tateob eon bo found at oigbt la hit rooau, noit
door to llartiwick Irwia'i ir( swro, op
Uln. aol'7l
DR. JEFFERSON LITZ,
WOODLAND, PA.
.. . . I .1 I! f kt.
Will promptly aue&a an oam in u imwi u
profmion.
joura a. a'aiiALLr. Ait w. b'cobbt.
MoENALLY dt MoCURDY,
ATTORN EYS-AT-L A W,
Clearfield, Pa.
-L(tl bailneM attooded to promptly with
dHtT. Offioo ob Second etroet, aWe the Flnt
national Bank.
Q. R. BARRETT,
Attorn t and Cocnselor at Law,
clearfield, pa.
HaviBf raigned bit Judgeihip, hai reenmed
tht prutioe of tbe law la hit old office at Clear
- Held, Pa. Will attend the court! of Jeterton and
; Elk eonntiet when ipeciallj lataiaed hi connection
twita retident oottateL 1:14:72
WM. M. McCULLOUGH,
ATTOBNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
V-OIHoa Op ttaire la Woetera Hotel building.
Legal butineti promptly attended to. Reel citato
bought and Mid. - Jell'73
J. W, BANTZi
ATTORN EY-AT-L AW,
Clearfield, Pa.
'k.OfBct op lUira in Weitera Hotel building.
All legal buiineii entruted to hie eare promptly
attended to. July 2, 187J.
T. H. MURRAY,
AtrORNBT AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
Prompt attentloa gtren to all lege butineia
ntruited to hii care in Clearfield and ailjoining
aeuntiee. Oflice on Market it., oppoeite Nangle'e
Jewelry Store, Clearflefa, Pa. Jclt 73
A. W, WALTERS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
Ys.0fflco In the Court Honee. deaS-ly
H. W. SMITH,
AT TOENE Y-AT-LAW,
Qrtd:7t Clearfield, Pa.
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Mte ob Second St., Clearleld, Pa. noTl1,t(
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
r-Offleo la tht Court Hoaia. JyllCT
JOHN H. FULFORD, '
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
See oa Market St., erer Joteph Shewtri'
Oreetry ttore. Jan.2,1073.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
And Real Eatate Agent, Clearfield, Pa.
Once oa Third treet, bet. Cherry A Walnut,
wTRea pee tf ally offert hit terricoi la tolling
-ad buying land, la Clearfield and adjoining
eoantioa and with aa experience of orer twenty
-yean aa a turrtyor, lattori himtolf that he eaa
render tatlefaotion. Feb. 2l:03:tf,
J. BLAKE WALTER8,
EEAL ESTATE BROKER,
AXB BBALBB IB
Saw Jjogn and Lumber,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
OOee la Matooio Building, Room No. 1. 1:53:71
J. J. LINGLE,
ATTORNEY -AT - LAW,
1:11 Osceola, Clearfield Co., Pa. yrpd
ROBERT WALLACE,
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW,
fTallaeatoD, Clearfield County, Penn'a.
wAH legal huinen promptly attended to.
CYRUS GORDON,
ATTOBNEY AT LAW,
Market timet, (north tide) Clearfield, Pa.
' All legal builDeel promptly attended to
Jao. , 'J3.
DR. T. J. BOYER,
PHYSICIAN AND SO RO EON,
OBce oa Market Street, Clearleld, Pa.
arOSoe houm ( to 12 a. bl, and 1 to I p. at.
TVR. E. M. SCIIEURER,
H0MCE0PATHI0 PHYSICIAN,
OBoe la retldeaee oa Market It.
April 24, H71. ic1,rJ!,iJ,.,
nn W A MF AN R.
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.j..,- ' -rCnJlBLRO, PA.
w iu attend profettloaal eallt promptly. augl0'70
WILLIAM. M. 1IENJRY, Just.ci
or ma Pbacb ab Scairaaaa, LUMBER
CITY. Oolleotlona made aod aioae promptly
paid orer. Articlee of agreeuieat and deede of
BOBf eyanoo Beany oiecatoa ana warranted cor
wet or ao charge. Jy23'7l
J. 8. BARN HART
ATTORNEY AT - LAV,
HellefoBjte, Pa.
Wilt practice la Clearfield and all of thoOourti of
nt Join Juaiciai aninou ncai onata Builneae
Bad ooHleetlon ef elalmt made tpeaialtiet. nl'TI
JAME8 CLEARY,
BABBEB ft HALS DBISSEE,
IECOMD tTREET,
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YOL. i8WH6LE NO!23H0. ' ' ' ' CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1874. ' NEW SERIES-VOL 15, NO. 10.
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v JOHN A. GREGORY, ;
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT,;
X neu l. .k. rwt IIahh. fllc&rAeld. Pa.' '
Will alwa.rt be found at borne oa the SECOND
and LAST SATURDAY of each monlu.
It
lohn H. Orrit. 0. T. Alexander. C, M. Bowert.
0B7IS, ALEXANDER b B0WEBS,
r ATTORN EY8 AT LAW,
7 . Belielonte. Pa. fJan28,'4T7
J. H. KLINE, M. D.,
PnYSICIAN 4 SUBGEON,
TTATINO located at Pennfield, Pa., offcrt hit
fj. prorenional eerrloei to the people of that
plaoo and turroundinj oountry. AUoallt promptly
attended to.
GEORGE C. KIRK,
Juilloe of the Peaoe, Surrey or and OonTeyancer,
lutheraburc. Pa.
All buslneu Intnttod to him will be promptly
attended to. Poreont wubing to employ a our-
i.:i..ir ,k.i h. rander latllfaction. Deedt of
.M .ill .in w.n in vivo nim aenii, ae ww
oonTeyanee, articlei of agreement, and all legal
- .1. ...I nnnl.il. O20nOv74
papere, ifwipv J
' JOHN D. THOMPSON,
' JuiUce of the Peaoe and Scrlrener,
Curwentvllle, Pa.
k,Colleetloni made and
money prompt),
paid orer
lebjj jiu
BO. ALBBBT BBBRT ALBBBT.
,W. ALBBBT
W. ALBERT A. BROS.,
Manufacturer! A eitenilve Dealer. In
Sawed Lumber, Sauare Timber, 4io.,
WOUDLAMU, rannA.
-Orden tolicitcd. Bill, filled ob thort notloe
ana raumMui. wi.
Addrett Woodland P. 0., Clearfield Co., Pa.
Je2.ly
W ALBERT A BROS.
. FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MERCHANT,
Frenelivllle, Clearfield County, Pa.
Eeept eonatantly ob hand a fuU aeeortment ol
Dry Ooodt, Hardware, urooenee, ana uTarjiuing
niually kept la a retail ttoro, which will ho eold,
foroaeb, at Cbeap aa eieewoere in ua otiw.
FronebYille, June Ml, looi-jy.
THOMAS H. FORC E E,
BBALBB IB
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
GRAHAMTON, Pa.
Aim, extentlra manufacturer and dealer in Square
Timber and Sawed Lumber ol all ainaa.
mm-c
ilied.
Orden aelicitod and all billt promptly
l-jyieia
CHARLES SCHAFER,
LAGER BEER BREWER,
Clearfield, Pa.
TTAVINO rented Mr. JSntref Brewery ne
1 kAnM k .triat attention to buiineet and
ih. m.niir.ntura of a auoerlor artlrle of BE hit
to receire the patronage of all the old and many
new cu.tumen. ot26.ug7t
J. K. BOTTORF'S
P1IOTOGRAPIT GALLERY,
Market Street, Clearfield, Pa.
efCROMOS MADE A BPKCIALTY.-w
NEGATIVES made in cloudy at well at IB
dear weather. C'onitantW on hand a good
aMOrtment or FRAMES, 8TKRE0HC0PKS and
STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS. Frame., from any
ttyleof moulding, made to order. apr28-tf
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger.
Clearfield, Peuu'a.
feauWill execute jobs In his line promptly nnd
In a workmanlike manner. ayr4,07
Q. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL TUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
AMrPumpi alwayt oa hand and made to order
on ihort notice. Pipea bored on reaeonable termi.
All work warranted to reader eatiifertion, and
delivered If decired. my2i:lypd
E. A. BIGLER V CO.,
DBALERB IB
SQUARE TIMBER,
and manufacturer! or
ALL KINDS OP HAWED LUMBER,
l-T'Il CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
dealer la
Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
SHINGLES, LATII, A PICKETS,
:I0'71 Cleareld,Ja!
JAMES MITCHELL,
BBALBB IB
Square Timber & Timber Lands,
jell'73 CLEARFIELD, PA.
OHM TROUTMAN,
Dealer la all kladi of
FURNITURE,
Market Street,
- One door eait Poet Offloe,
auglt'71
CLEARFIELD, PA.
il L I HARM AN,
P1UCTICAL MILLWRIOHT,
LUTI1ERSBURO, PA.
Agent for tht American Double Turbine Water
Wheel and Andrew! A Kalbach Wheel. Can fur.
niah Portable r rl.it Mllli on thort notice. JjU'71
DR. J. P. BURCH FIELD,
Late Surgeoa of the 03d Regiment, Penntyleania
Volunteer., having returned from the Army,
. offer, hii profenional aerrleel to thteltiieni
of Clearc.ld county.
aaProfeiaioaal oallt promptly attended to.
OBco aa Beeond Itrtet, fbrmerlyoceapled by
Dr.Woodl. apr4,'ea-U
H, F. NAUQLE,
WATCH MAKER & JEWELER,
and dealer la .,
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver
and Plated Ware, &c.,
jeltfl CLEARFIELD, PA.,
8. I. SNYDER,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
AH BBALKB IB
Watches, Clock and Jewelry,
(MlWl How, Mnrktl Strut,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
All kiadt of repairing ia my line promptly am
ended to. ' April li, 171.
REMOVAL.
REIZENSTEIN & BERLINER, '
wholesale dealers In
GEMS' riRMSIIlG GOODS,
Have removed to l"T Church itrcel, between
Franklin and White eti., New Turk. JySl'71
Miss E. A. P. Rynder,
Aaner roa
Chlekerlng"!, Sleiaway't and Emoreoa't Plteot)
Smlth'e, Haeea A Hemlla'i and Ptloabet'i
Orgeat aad atelodeone, and fl rover A
Baker't Sewing Maehiaee,
ALIO TBAOBBB OB
Plaao, Oultar, Orgaa, Harmony aad Voeal Ma
ilt. Ne pupil takes for leu thta half a term.
JUT Roe rw. trepoelt Oullnh'l Ferellere Slor.
C'leerjeld, Uty , It
VALUABLE FARM FOX SALE !
IN CIRARD TOWNSHIP.
The underlined offert for tale the farm on
which be now reiidea, tltuatein Uirardtowniblp,
Clearfield county, Pa., formerly owned by Juiuo
J. Pie. The farm contain! 120 aoree, and it very
deiirably located. Tbe building! ere ell uew, and
oonilit of a large frame houie, having good oellar
underneath, and good water ooareniont) large
frame barn, blackemrth thop, wagon tbed, tpriug
noute, e. The building! oa ton larm are ai
lood, if not bettor, than on any farm In Clearfield
ooooty. The land it of luperior quality and in a
good itate of cultivation.
PoHculoa will bo given In the tprlng, or at
any time molt oouvenlentto tbe purchaser, . The
tertni will be. reaeonable. Perron, deiiroat of
purohaiing can addrett tbe nibtcriber at Leoonte't
Mille P. 0- Clearfield ooanty, Pa., or apply la
ereon on the Dreuu.ee.
Any pereuii wanting any Information lugard
to the quality of the land, the kind of building!
thereon, Ac, Ac, can got the information by call
ing ee Sheriff Pie, in Clearfield, at ho owned the
farm for a aumber of yeari, and of course know!
all about it. WKNDELL ENDRBS.
Leconta'i Mille, Clearfield Co., Pa.
January II, 1874.
Store House for Sale or Rent.
That wll known Btort ud Dwelling lloun,
ttuatexi in Glen Hope, ClnrQsId eounty, li offer
d it privKt ie or lor reut. 'in boiiw u two
itoriei high, 66 by 40 root, with good btvok build
ing n No. 1 well of wator in back building j other
outbuiidingi, nuca as too bouse, irouko nouiOe
oorn orlb, Htabllnc and larce sbeddioit. all im good
order. Toil property If .tillable for any kind of
buiiootfl, ana will be eoia at priraU tale or rent
d oft reaionablo teriue to a reiponeiblt party.
The property ia good and In a pleasant place to
do to wine ii, and will be lold or rented on oary
terms. The bad health of tbe luberriber oo ro
pe I bim to olose hii busineia for the present
Thii house has done a good business, aod. a good
business man can do well here. Possession given
on April 1, 1874. For further information call
sn or write to wm. H, lUfJAfi X BUN.
Olen Hope. ClearfieU Co., Pa. jau28-2in
CPECIAL LEGISLATION. No
tO tio Is hereby given to tbe public and all
parties interested, thai applieatlon will bo made
at the present session ol oar btate Legislature
to pass an act repealing an act of Assemble ao
pro Ted 10th April, A. I). U73, relating to the ap
plication or taxes on lands In the new township
of Pino, ereatcd out of parts of Hurt on and
Lawrence townships, in tbe eounty of Clearfield.
And further petition the Legislature to pass an
act, that all said lands formerly belonging to
Huston township shall be and remain oubjeet to
the authorities thereof for tav purposes.
. HIRAM WOODWARD,
CI1A8. ROBACKEK,
SAMUKL CONOWAY,
Penfleld.Feb. 10, '74-4t. and 20 others.
SPECIAL LEGISLATION. -No-tioe
is hereby glren to the public and all
parties interested, that application will be made
at tha present session of our Btate Legislature to
past an act authorising the Overseers of the
Poor of Has ton township, In the eounty of Clear
field, to levy a tax for poor purposes anon the
untested lends in said township, at the same rate
per oent as may be levied upon seated property.
wm. v. wuuuwAtui.
DAVID HORNING,
ALFKRD fcCOFIKLD,
Penfield.Feb. 11, '7 4 -41. and 76 others.
SPECIAL LEGISLATION. No
tioe li hereby given to tbe publio aod all par
tiel interoited, that application will be made at
tbe preoent teseion of our State Legiilature to
riau an Aot declaring Montgomery Creek, with
ta branohet, ia Clearfield ooooty, a puhlio high
way for the purpoie of floating law logt oa aaid
lireani. WM. POWELL,
REUBEN McPHERSON,
febll ft O. L. REED.
ADMINISTRATORS' NOTICE Notiee
la hereby given that letter! of odniinlitration
ootbeeeuteof ABRAHAM R. PEOPLES, doo'd,
late of Knox towmhip, Clearfield county, Penn'a,
having been duly granted to tbe anderilgoed,
all pertons Indebted to laid eitato will pleate
vake Immediate payment, and tbote having
olalmi or demanda will preaent them properly
authenticated for teUlement without delay.
N. B. l'KOPLKS,
P. A. BOWLES,
Adtainlitratora.
New Millport, Feb. 11, J87 te
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICIU Notice
it hereby given thatletteriof adminiitration
on the eitate of ALEXANDER UISSEV, late of
Morri. townihip, Clearfield oennty, Pa., decoaied,
having been duly granted to the under.tgned, all
rienoni indebted to aaid citato will pleeee make
mmediate payment, and thoio having olalma or
demando will preeent them properly authenticated
for tetUement without delay.
A. D. JOHNSON,
Xylortowa, Feb. ll.-ote Admiaiitralor.
E
XECUTORM NOnCE.-Not.ce is bere-
J by liven tbat letters testamentary aavioc
been granted to the undersigned on tbe estate
of ABRAHAM KYLKH, deceased, late of Mor
ris township, Clearfield eounty, Pennsylvania, all
persons Inaebted to said estate are requested to
make Immediate pnyment, and those hat-Ins;
claims against the same will present them duly
authenticated for settlement.
WM. ROTHR0CK,
EI). PEKK8,
Morrlsdale, Feb. 4, l74.-6t Ifieentors.
CAUTIOIfAll persons are hereby warned
against purchasing or .fading for any of the
following peraonal property, via t One bay horse,
one sleigb, two spring wagons, one wheelbarrow,
one coal stove, one bedstead, one iron kettle aod
one cow, now in the possession of A. 1). Elstoa,
of Morris township, as tbe same belongs to me
and Is left with him subject to my order.
JOHKHl POTTER.
Kyltrtown, Feb. II, lftM. St
I. lGLLOWBlISM . . . . . B. DAVIS CABBY
H0LL0WBUSH & CARET,
BOOKSELLERS,
Blank Book Manufacturers,
AND STATIONERS,
31S Jflarktt St., Philadelphia.
toaVPaper Flour Sack! and Bega, Fooleeap,
Letter, Note, Wrapping, Cartain and Wall
fapere. . feit.tQ-lypd
B
OOT AND SHOE MAKING.
JOSEPH H. DEKRINO, oa Market atreot. la
Shaw't Row, Clearfield, Pa., hai Ju.l reoeived
a fine lot of French Calf fklm and Kipa, the
beit ia tht market, and li now prepared to man
ufacture everything la hit line, lie will war
rant hi. work to h. ai repreiented.
Tha oitlient of Clearfield and vicinity are
reipeetfully Invited to give him a oall. .
Work done at ihort notice. M6'7.1y
ir
OUSE AND LOT FOR SALE!
The lloute and Lot on the corner of Mar
ket and Firth atreeta, Clearfield, Pa., ii for icle.
Tbe lot eoatoini nearly an aero of ground. The
home It a large double frame, containing nine
room i. For term! aod other Information apply
to the nbicribor, at the Poit Oflice.
bovI P. A. OAtlLIK.
J. It. M'MURRAY
WILL RtTPrLT YOU WITH ANY ARTICLE
OF MERCHANDIHE AT THE VERY LOWEST
PRICK. COME AND SEE. (S:ii77)
NEW WASHINGTON.
2rvnn i.bs, op wool wanted,
, KJJVJ By Arnold, Uartahorn A Ulpplo, for
which they will pay eauh, at their factory, near
Curwenavillo, or at the ttoro al Arnold A ilarte
kora, la OurwentvlH. feht Dm
ARNOLD, HARTSHORN A HIPPLB.
G
UIST MILL! NOTICE I
1 take thil method of lafnrmlna th.nnkluik
I have purehaeed the CadwalladcrOrlit Mill, had
it thoroughly repaired, and am now ready to
grind any kind of grain on abort nolle., ia the
bmt manner. A ibera f your peWeair M to
lielud. Yourt Rcupeclfully, V
O. g. FLEflAL.
, i . fili.aaav W. FtetAL, alilUi.
blde.bdrg-, f a-, trt. I m,
THE BEPUBLICAN.i
CLEARFIELD, Pa. , j
WEDNESDAY MORN IN 0, MARCH, a, 1174.
DOT FUNNY LCETLC IABY.
So help me graciout, tfery day .
I laugh ma wild to tee der vay '
My eohmell young baby drio to play
Dot funny lectio baby,
Vhen I look on detn leelle toei, SJ
Vod law dot funny lectio aooa,
Und heard der vay dot rooeter crow i,
I aehmile like I vaa craiy. .
. 1'ad vhea I hoard der real alee vay .; ;.. ,
Vhea keoplei to my wife dhey lay .
"More like hie fetor .fery day," i .
I toj le proud llkeblaaea,
Bomedimet dhore ooomei a leetle achquail,
Dot'a vhen ear vlndy vlnd vill crawl r
Rlghd in iu leetle ttchomaoh achmall, , ,
Dot't too bad for der baby.
Dot make, him ilng at night to eohveet,
l)nd gorry barrie bo muat eat,
Und I mutt ehumb ihpry on my feet, '
To help dot leetle baby.
He pullt my twee und kleki my hair,
Und grawli ate over eferyrhcre,
Lnd tchlobben me but vat I eare 1 1
: Dot vat my achmall young baby.
Around my head dot leetlo arm i
Vae aohqueeeen me ao nioe und verm
Oh I may dhere never eoomee tome harm
To dot achmall leetle baby.
Dot rat mo hlmielf. '
Ex.
COX ON THE ARMY MOTH.
In tha Houec of Repreaentatlvea oa Feb
ruary o, I9IV.
The clerk read as iollowi :
For preservation of ololliine and
equipage from motb and mildow,here
toforo adopted and now in use, 150,
000. ' '
Mr. Wheeler I move to strike out
the words "heretofore adopted and
now." That procugn, Mr. Chairman,
is not applied simply to the proftorva-
tion of old clothing, although a large
amount hai been used in that direction,
but is also applied to the prosorration
of new clothing, and to the proerova
tion of tents. The process has been
thoroughly tested by a board com
posed of Ocneral Ingulls, and General
Loe of the quartcrmaslor-genorul's de
partment It seems to be a most ef
ficient process.
Mr. Cox I move to strike out of
the bill "$50,000," and insorl "125.
000," in line 120.
It is curious that so much money
should be exponded for preserving
from moths the catmimercB, kerseys,
cottons, tents and clothing on hand.
This houso was hardly prepared for
the statement of the gentleman from
New York, Mr. Wheeler, tbat there
were 17,000,000 of uniforms now on
band.
Mr. Wheeler Not of uniforms, but
of clothing, blankets, tents, etc., grow
ing out of tbe stock accumulated dur
ing tbe war.
Mr. Cox I know, air, that every
day those articles are waiting. Hence
these appropriations. 1 Tbe money is
to be preservative of the clothes and
tents. . I nave a report boiure me from
Quartermaster General Meigs, per
haps tbe best officer in our service.
It shows tbat we are spending hun
dreds of thousands to fight moths.
They are worse than domeutio or for
eign enemies.
iieforo I come to that, may I refor
to the report of Quartermaster Bing
ham, of December 30, 1872 f This
report show that thon we bad 123,-
435,821.27 in woolen clothing and
tents mostly the former. Ibis did
not then include some forty-two) tbous-
sand blankets, worth 1128,000. Nor
did this include ooata, jackets, trousers,
flannel sacks, blankets, goods mado
up and not made op. These items run
into the millions, and the moths run
into them. fLaugbter.1 '
Hero are $8,000,000 worth of coats,
jackets and tronscrs. Nearly eight
hundred thousand of these articles ol
apparel for an army of thirty thousand.
Our appropriation i a dollar and sixty-six
and two-thirds cents per soldier
not per moth. Omitting the wool
en Blankets and "mounted greatcoats
(for (ha cavalry, I suppose,) and the
"sky blue kersey," there is a splondid
objetlve point lor the army of moths,
wbicb no great general oi that corps
should omit to attack, if fooling well.
Did the moths fail f If thoy did, what
Deed of this appropriation f
In this list we have al leant one
million and a quarter yards of flannel
not made np. We have millions of
dollars of this poculiar woolon prop
erty not ret made up into uniforms.
It ia subject to tbe attack of the-
molh. A large part of this is still on
hand, either in uniform or otherwise.
The genlloman oonfoHsos to soven mil
lions. Now, according to the report
of tbe qiiartormastor general just re
ferred to, there were $350,000 appro-
firiated in a couple of years last past
or a poculiar kind of process, which
is said to prevent moths getting into
this cloth and clothing. The quarter
master gonoral in this report anks this
congress this year lor $100,000. 1
copy bis statement:
"The eipendlturei oa amount of the moth and
mildew proof prooen of Ueorge A. Cowlet A Co.
during the fiicel year have been $.150,000. Tbii
include. 13110,000 approprietid lor the current
flMal year, hut made available for expenditure
during the hit lecal year. To prepare men arti
cle! of woolea and eolton fabrict on hand at hart
not yet been rubmitied to the prooen an addition
al nut nf $100,01)0 baa been aaked in the eitlmate
for the ooming flteal year."
Mr. Wheeler And we give them
half of it.
Mr. Cox Why do yon rodtioef
You give them $50,000. 1 know that.
I still propose to reduce it. i do not
understand whotber We can by law
sell out all this cloth aod clothing at
once. I hope so.
Mr. Wheeler rose.
Mr. Cox Tbe gontloman knows I
have only five minutes, and ho must
not interrupt me.
Mr. Wheeler 1 will not trench on
tbe time of tho gefiUoman.
Mr. Cox You can get the floor at
anytime, I would prefor, rather than
be fighting moths at auoh Immense
expense, to give these uniforms away.
Observe those eminont colored pat
riots in trie gallery I They lit with
o to regularly I Great laughter.
l hey toil not, laughter, neither do
the spinv Thejr are tht lilies of the
valley I Yet Solomon in all his glory
would not be arrayed like thorn if
they were olothed with these "sky
bloo" uniforms 1 TRenewed lauehter.1
They tit yonder, uniformly, day after
day; ana wby not In uniform r Lot
tbeta appear in the gallery properly
arnryed in the colors of the llopubho
heaven I v blue ! Laughter. '
-' Wby, Mr. Chairman, any man who
does business,'' instead oi paying at
the rate or throe or lour thousand dol
lars in two or three years to preiont
moths from getting Into clothing,
would toll the whole oonoern out.
Moths are the evidence of luciness and
negligence. Bat I am growing per
sonal. It take more to kocp out tbe
moths than the clothing and cloths
are-worth, according to our systems
of ' finance, it Is very curious that I
find, to moob "motheaten clothing"
told, At tbe depots of Jeffersonville
and Philadelphia alone, according to
the quartermaster's report, there were
told as follows : -
JigermK mtaitU
ei'fe pafo. ' Total.
...148,478 17 $7l,uo.3 21 $041,473 45
... 1, iM 23 191,010 48 282,SM 71
... 81,021 20 104,908 13 226,99 33
1809
1870
1871
. .,' . 1302,02 $!, 148,001 891,400,028 49
If moth eaten clothes bring so much,
what is the rest, tbe un-moth eaten,
worth f Who buys the moth eaten
clothes and clolb f Who judgos of
mo extent 01 too damage ol tho inno
cent and hungry moib f Where are
the expert contractors and tailors ? I
past this by, to insist on tho practical
qnottion, wby do wo keep such a lot
of clothing on band to feed motht?
This is not political conundrum.
Wby, if thore is so much clothing on
band, does the quartermaster sny tbat
tbe appropriation for clothing for the
past fiscal year was $900,000 1 Wby
wore the expenditures on account of
clothing and equipageduring tho tame
period $858,412 07 ..
Oh, it is aaid that there aro new
stylet. . Oh, oui, Monsieur le Pretident!
New stylos 1 New uniforms aro or
dered for the army. Well, why should
not tho fresh fashions be made of new
goods, under fresh contractors, from
time to time f Wby not foil the motb
of his prey f
Now, sir, what, or rather who, are
these moths 1 It ia a matter of much
concern to our families. Our women
ought to know. Hcienoe ought to tell
us. Scripture ah ! I tee my friend
from MaMtaohuselU iaimpationt. lie
it about to arise. I am afraid be will
make a scriptural illustration. He is
thinking of that place where "motb
and rust do not corrupt." Laughter.
Sovornl Voices "Whore thieves
break throngh and steal."
Mr. Cox I did not know the house
wat to accomplished in the scriptures.
Laughter.
I think tbe gentleman Mr. Dawos
was about to apply it to tho Demo
cratic side of the bouse. I have an
ticipated bira by a more appropriate
application. Tbe whole boum, includ
ing the lilies of the gallery, know just
whore this quotation fits.
What is the motb, Mr. Chairman ?
I have looked bim up, laughter, and
holding up an illustration in Cham
ber's Eticjcloptedia, volume six, thore
be it. Great laughter. There are
several kinds.
Tbe moth is a burglar, a nocturnal
rascal.- There are many families of
tbem, It is worth while, eince it costs
us nearly half a million to watch this
enemy, to know bis power. Do not
think it insigcmcant, because it is ol
the butterfly epocies. it bristles with
antenna! I From base to apex those
antenna; are peotinatod, especially in
the malos, luughter, and tbey are
formidable either in the larva or chry
sallis slate. I speak not of their
beauty of color; I prefer to refer to
the numbor of their eggs. If there
it one moih I prefer to another it is
Ihe Hawk moth j but the Lackey it
tbe one I have bore pictorial ly illus
trated holding up the volume. The
Lackey motb is represented in poli
tics i first, by Ibis bolt of egirs; soc-
ond, as tht catorpillar; third, as the
pupa in the cocoon, and then the full
fledged Insoct for which wo pay to
much in this army bill. Laughter
Now, after this analysis of this in
sect, I would like to know from the
distlnguiohed gontloman from New
York, my colleague- (Mr. VV hoelor,)
whether the moth, to protect our
army clothing from which be would
give this sou,UUU, is the 1'hatmna motb
of Linnrcus or the Ijcpidoptora of oth
er scientists. fLauirbter. 1 Lot there
be no shirking that question. Re
newed laughter
Mr. heeler. J ho gentleman must
allow mo some time to refresh my en
tomological knowlodgo. Laughter.
Mr. Cox I knew tbat I could not
got a satisfactory reply. When I first
read the item in this bill appropriat
ing $50,000 for protection against
moths in the army, and when I read
tbat $350,000 had already been ex
pended for tbat purpose, 1 wondered,
in my simplicity, why to much money
should be spent for such a purrfbso,
ben we might to easily economise
by selling ont our old and unfashiona
ble army clothes. Casting about, In
my simple way, I remembered that
the only preventive of moths was
snuff. Then, at an economist. 1 look
ed up tho prioo of snuff, and the tariff
was Oily cents per pound. J'.vory
snocro was a cent to protect Ameri
can mannfaolorosfrom foreign snoer.es.
Uonco, I was about to toll how much
It would cost us, tariff Bnd all, to pro
vent those destructive moths by using
this articlo of sriuff, when, lo! I found
aft adjutant In my friond from Ken-
lucky (Mr. Beck).
This pamphlet is ths result of our
inquiries. "Preservation or clothing
and equipage of the army and navy
by the process of Cowles k Co., for
tbeprevention ofdostruction by moth,"
4o. This il just out 1878. There is
no tobaooo, no peppor, nd oamphor.no
lealhor-ohipt, which our mothers used.
in plain words, they uae tome tort of
solution. I guest it smells badly
perhaps petroleum ( but whatever it
it it oos la money, and hat tht tmprfm
afwr of our bost officers. This pamph
let bat a tolerably fair representation
of ths rotulta of the raicrotcopio tinean
Ctttaiilllar, which brcakt its egg and
eoos into a cocoon ' made out of the
stuff it feeds on at the rate of, say
$50,000 a yoar.., But bow does tbit
plan we par ao muob for save our gov
ernmont 1 Messrs. Cowles k Co. say
that thoy soak every thread and nber.
Tbey leave tbe goods in the solution
for hours, then knead the goods in
the fluid. Then tbey dry thara on a
machine wbicb makes, 1 think, n no
hundred revolutinnt per minute. This
makeh the saturation perfect. Laugh
ter.l
Mr. Wheeler I desire to ask my
colleague a question, Has be studied
the history of the party moth f It
has fed on his party and no chomical
firocess bas yet been invented, I be
itve, to slay n't ravagoa. Laughter.
Mr. Cox I omitted, at the bouse
will tee, out of deference to the ma
jority and their footings, to draw any
purtioan or political ieBjn out oi
these moths and tboir predatory hab
its. Laughter. . I have materials,
however, for a speech of an hour and
a quarter on that point. If the gen
tleman will allow me, I will say it is
mostly in connection with the admin
istration. Laughter
And, sir, since I am challenged lo it
by my friond not provoked, for he
never provokes any one, except to
admire him, and love him, tbe more
one knows bim I will endeavor to
read in tbe life aod character of Ibe
moth some of those attributes which
are making tbe people regard tho ad
ministration so carcluliy.
The real moth that we have to deal
with in a political way, is a combina
tion of tbe lackey moth, which gen
erally haunts the White House, and
hovers about the purlieus of powor,
and the hawk moth, which is some
times in the army, or educated thore.
All these moths yon will find have o
political and destructive significance.
If you note bow tbey are batched ;
bow they hide in cocoons: how tbey
creep into dark places through cran
nies ; bow thoy go into closets whore
goods are stored ; how they lio all
summer quietly Laughter,the mem
bers gathering around the speaker.
Mr. Fiold I rise to a quoction of
order. Let the house be brought to
order. Laughter
Mr. Cox I hope mj friend of the
elegant toil will come down this way.
Laughter. f
Here tbe hammer roll. j
Soveral members "Go on," "go
on."
Mr. Wheeler I hope my colleague
will have unanimous. conHeut to pro
ceed.
Tbe chairman Does the gontlo
man from New York yield to his col
leaguo f
Mr, Wbeoler Certainly. I yield
all my time to bim.
Mr. Cox I thank tbe gontloman
and tbo bouse very kindly. It is not
often that we have a scientific ques
tion which requires tuch analytic re
search like tbia before us. It ta not
often the commitloo of the whole
is engaged in the myelerious analo
gies of nature and politics. It is not
often, as a friend near me remarks.
that I take the floor on questiont of
thii kind. Laaghlcr.
But it seems to mo that something
ought lo be said to Justify theso motb
appropriations and said a little, moro
soriously. May I quote from Harris'
Treatise on insects, to illustrate tbe
physical and political relations of
motb r l,"UO on i j
The elothea moth, la its aataral itate
Liko tbo politician
never teevoo ite cocoon ontil it therefrom
at a winged moth. Wherever it it icen at a na
ked worm, ft ii beeanee it nai been diituruea aad
knocked out of it! oaae
For examplo, by an oleotion or oth
erwise. 1 am tola those scientists,
the grangers, are going aflor tbe na
ked worm
end In thoae initancel the moth
And just su also tbe politician
doee act feed, bat ta a few dayt dice.
How tad the thought, but bow truo
the analogy. Laughter.
Aad thin tha oggt, according ta eartaia French
authore
Mr. Field Mr. chairman, I insist
upon my point ol order.
Mr. v heeler i bone the gontie-
man from Michigan Mr. Field will
not do tbat. This is the only matter
in connection with the army which
bas not yet been discussed. Laugh
tor. Mr. rlatt, of irgima I would
like lo get the fullest information
about the habits of tho creatures that
the gentleman from Now York is dis
cussing; and I wish him to mention,
when thone moths dio, wbolbcr other
moths take their places.
Mr. Cox That denonds whether
they have a navy yard in their dis
trict. Great laughter
Now, Mr. Chairman, I Will not do-
tain the bouse vory much longer: It
is so good naturod. I would read a
fow mere extracts, with a view to a
political lesson :
The eggi (according to Latrelllte and Dupon-
chel, from whoee work, tbe following remarhl
aro chiefly extracted) art hatched iB fineeo daya,
and lb. little wbltlih catorpillar. or moth worm,
proceeding therefrom Immediately begin to gnaw
the tubitaueet id their reach.
Just as a man from a district like
that of my friond would reach out
quietly bis anionic after the little pat
ronage bore and there floating aboul
the navy yard. It is perfectly natu
ral. I think I did it myself when I
was in accord with the administra
tion in 1856. One or two postmas
ters, 1 think, sufficed aa the "sustan-
cos" 1 began upon. Since thon and
bow long it seems our sido havo not
even bad the opportunity of acting
tho motb upon the national patron-
Again 1 read t
The Utile whltleh eettertilllari or moth worml
proceeding therefrom llnmedrately begin to gnaw
the lubiUnoet withia their reach aad cover them
eelvot with tho fragraenta, ihaplng than. Into lit
tle hollow roll! and In'ng them with .ilk. Some
paei the tummer within ttHir rolle
That is, I supp'tse, s-o down lb Lone
Branch, ride in free 1'alact Pullman
cars, happy in
io carrying their eoeoeni about oa their haeka
aad other! fanened to tbo labetaaee they are eat
ing and they enlarge them from lime lo Ume by '
adding portion! of the two 01.00 extcemltiee and
by gorei tat la Ike tide, which they ilit for tbit
purpoie. Concealed withia their movable oaaoa
or ia their lint cupboard barrowa, they carry aa
tha work of detraction through tht .enjnjef
That is when Congress is not In ses
sion. , 1, , , .;..
and In tbe autumn ,
That is just before the elections,
laughter
they leave off anting, make fait their habitation!
d remain at real and iceminaly torpid through
the winter.
That is until committees of investi
gation gol to work. (Laughter.)
Early in the ipring tbey change to chryealidi
within their oaeea, and in about twenty dayt af
terward tbey are transformed to winged ttunthl,
and oome forth and fly about ia the evening
These are tbe defaulters who go off
without being called to account by
the administration
they eomt forth aad Sy about la tbo eveaing till
they have paired and are ready to lay their ogga.
Mr. Field I insist npon my point
of order. (Roars of laughter.)
, Mr. Cox 1 will submit just one
question. If 1 bod the shorthand
faculty of my friond from New York
(Mr. Mollis!)) I would put it into good
shape I think it should be some
thing liko this: whether the moths
we ore called upon to appropriate
against aod whose incursions upon
our army clothes are so wasteful are
the motha of tbe ' more numerous
branch of the Lepitloptera, or do they
belong to tbe Fhaloena family of Lip
inusf ( Laughter)
Mr. W heolor To that question I
answer in tho affirmative '(Laugh
ter.) Mr. Cox And havo tbey a robust
throax, and if we apply snuff lo them,
instoad of the expensive petroleum
solution, will they not sneeze out tbe
predatory thorax, bo that we can
thereby save $50,000 a year f (Laugh
tor.)
But, sir, to be serious for a mo
ment, and in conclusion. No man
bas sufforod more tban mysolf from
the extraordinary essays on Satur
day and other days, in sonate and
house, al borne and abroad, in 'pam
phlet and press, from the currency
question. I believed I bad mastered
some of its abstru&enoss. I was sure
at one time that inflation would car
ry. I saw the light of victory in the
eye of my friend from Pennsylvania,
(Mr. Kellcy.) Then I re-called the
vicissitude., of politics. . I read, re
read, dreamed of bonrts, notes, gold
and silver, exchanges and convertibil
ities, until I was in despair. But to
day, sir, It is all elcar. Tbo solution
of ibe financial problem is tho moth.
It is the Lepidoptera. I feel it.
Whether produced by tbe war or by
bad administration, tho causes aro at
once solved by considering the babitB
and results of tho motb. Therefore,
sir, I propound this interrogatory, as
tho Glial relief of financial debates
and worries. Any gentleman of the
ability of my friend from Pennsylva
nia, (Mr. Kelley) or my colleague
(Mr. Mollish) can answor :
Suppose tbat, in the event of the
success of Ibe bill of the honorable
gentleman from Pennsylvania, (Mr.
Kelley )there was at once established an
inlerconvertibility between tbe tbree
sixty-fives which he proposes and tho
national bank and greenback curren
cy, (groat laughter,) and in the pro
cesses of contraction the five-twenties
would fall to par and the greenback
retire for tho national bank notes, In
ennsequonce of tho extraordinary - re
sumption of our irredeemable debt
lust September by tho treasury at five
dollars apiece in silvor quarters; and
the imports should at once fall off sov
oral millions, while thus reciprocally
affecting the export of peanuts from
North Carolina, the bog trade of In
diana, tbe hoop-polo trade of Ohio,
and, indirectly, tbe clam trade of Cape
Cod ; and to such an appreciable ex
tent that the German bankers, being
in correspondence with tbe built of
New York, should, by a sudden pan
ic, create a demand for the Saginaw
copper dollar notes of Ishpeming,
Michigan, quoted the other day by
tbe gentleman from Pennsylvania,
and thence would ensue a rush of
bears who bad possessed themselves
of their own currency end ihvested It
in the three sixiy-flvcs; and tbe cur
rency would then swell, and thed
shrink, and thus produce an elasticity
mat wouiu move too crops, ana in
duct) suoli speculation that in one of
the swells we should burst and In one
of its shrinks we should collapse,
would it so affect the Asbantee war
and the expeses of Great Britain as
to demoralize the Saginaw mining
company, destroy the destructive in
fluences 01 the 1fpidoptera molb,and
thus stop an appropriation for tbe con
tennial of American Independence.
(Great laughter.)
All theso things should be consid
ered. We expect that when a man
like my collcnguo (Mr. Whcclor) ad-
drosses an intelligent house like this
be should know all about theso things.
He is eminent, and exposed lo tbe re
proaches of politics.
lie should be able especially to tell
us where all these uniforms and clothes
aro, and why It takes so much money
lo lake care of them. He should run
for Governor of New York on the
moth issue. j
Mr. Wbeoler Here they are (hold
ing out a pamphlet.) The eenllemnn
can take Ibis home with bim, and
have bis measure taken for one'.
(Laugh Icr.)
Mr. Uox ir my friend will only
print It In if!". Jtccord it will satisfy
the people, bay what anti lanirh as
we will, it Is the truth, that there is
clothing enough on band now to save
one-tli I rd of all the reserve that bas been
illegally issued from the treasury';
and we appropriate hundreds ef thou
sands lo save it from moths I God
help the government from motha !
Mr. W heeler I can tako my friend
in ton minutes to' a thop Where he can
get tbe best suit in tho lot. (Laugh.
tor.)
Mr. Fiold Mr. Chairman, I Insist
upon my point of order. (Great
luugblor.)
Air. Cox Well 1 I will sit down.
(Lrfughter.)
A distinguished Gorman surgeon
named Ksmaroh bat invented a pr .
cess whereby amputation of tbe limbs
may be pertormed bloodlessly, by ap
plying, elastio bandnires to tha limbs
abova tha point of operation. Tbe
metboa bat boon successfully tried in
fcugiauai
(f j" - Tha QoTtyrment Coo'l
No greater swindle was evorjMrp
tratod upon the people of the United
Statos than that of these "eminent
Christian Bankers," Jay Cook & Co
Tht fraud Is a hoga oneyamd over
day's investigation expands Hi pro
portions. After tho concern has been
thrown into bankruptcy by pr.vat
croditors, "tbe government" la howf
beginning to look after its interest
The Now York JSun of Fridar in al
luding to those banking brigands sayst
' A resolution was adopted by Ibe
House ofeUoprosentaliveaon Tuesday
dirroting tbe Committee on Banking
and Currency to examine into the con
dition of -tho First National Bank of
the city of Washington at the time of
its failure, and into its prior transao
tions and ceueral management, with
authority lo sond for. persona and pa
pears. . . it '.,-;
- This Investigation it eminently pre
per, but what it may end in Is quite1
another Question.' Tbe composition
of tbo committee Is not favorable to
such a scrutiny as tbe occasion de
mands, or to such treatmoni aa one
rairod iustico reauires. Mr. Marnard.
tho Chairman, will necessarily give
tbe direction to the inquiry, and be la
not zealous for bringing Jay Cook aod
bis confederates to account.
tho First National Bank waa a
mere branch 01 Jay t-ooue & w, at
the capital, under anoiLcr name, and
was Uabi to it.ract deposits from the
Treasury and officials for the use of
tho parent firm. Henry D. Cooke was
the President Of Ibis bank and a mem
ber of Jay Cooke A Co., and both con
cerns occupied tbe same building.
Tbo capital of tbe bank was $500,
0G0. In section 29 of tbe National
Currency act, it Is enacted "tbat the
total liabilities to any association, of
any person, or of any company, cor
poration, or firm, for money borrowed,
including in tho liabilities of a com
pany or firm tho liabilities of tbe sev
eral members thereof, shall at no time
exceed one-tenth port of tbe amount of
tbe capital stock of such association
actually paid id."
Thus, if Jay CookoA Co. had owned
tho entire stock of this bank thoy
could not have borrowed more tban
$50,000, or a tenth part of the capital.
So much is positive. Now according
to tbe report of the receiver, tuado on
tbe 20th of Septfcmbor, 1873, It ap
pears that every dollar of tbe capital
and more than half as much iu ad
dition belonging td depositors were
drawn by Jay Cooke & Cd. The el
act figures are as follows: ' ' ':
Dae from Jay Cooke A Ce.i ' ; -' '
Coin . IU, 78J It
Currency.. SUO.SCS (0
Total.....;; $7i8,4iJ 4
It was wholly Impracticable, with
out collusion between the oflice Of tbe
Comptroller of the Currency and tbe
Cookcs, that this drain ever could
havb occured. The fuels must bave
been known, or the Comptroller wil
fully closed hit eyes to k knowledge
which stared him in tbe lace at every
examination of the books. ,
There is another feature in this busi
ness wbich Is full of suspicious signifi
cance. As President of tbo bank up
stairs, Henry D. Cooke transferred to
tho firm of Jay Cooke k Co., of which
he was a partner,, down stairs, this
three-quarters of a million of dollars,
fitit be did not stop there, for tbe re-
Jort of assots made and sworn lo by
ay Cooke k Co. on the 23d Of Decem
ber last Charges nearly half a million
against him individually. Here aro
the figures 1
Dear) D. Cooke 1410,000 Ot
Henry D. Cooke 11. JM
Henry D. Cooke, with collateral ...... 11,111 41
lleory 0. Cooke, treajurer....; 15,000 0
Total . . $491,911 41
This last item of "treasuror" is aim
ply disgraceful. As Governor of the
District be was treasurer of the reform
school, for which Congress bad pro
vided liberally. In that capacity he
deposited $15,000 with Jay Cooke k
Co., and then drew it out for hit ow
use, leaving tbe acbool among the help
less creditors. ,
It it thus seen that one member of
the firm, who ran both machines at
Washington, contrived to appropriate
tbe whole capital of tbe bank to bit
Own account, and turned in a quarter .
of a million more for tbo benefit of tbe
firm of which be wat a member.
What became Of tbia half million ia
yet to be discovered. It ia certainly
not to be found among the trumpery
of "assets," In Wbicb the notorious
Seneca Sandstone Company fignrea
for $100,000 in round numbers, which
wore turned into tht spoliated credi
tors. Among the liabilities is one item
which has heretofore exoited comment.
It Is as follows:
t'nlted Ftatet depoilu (leeuredpartlally by bonds
aa Hated above under oaptioB of ro
eoureei) .....m....m........i....m.387,T81 4!
It is known that fully $100,000 of
this amount was dopositod with tbe
First National by the Secretary of
the Treasury, and at ia belioved,
against the protost of the United
Statos Treasurer, a few days before
the failure. This was done without
security of any kind, although the law
explicitly forbids any such discretion.
Tbe 45th Section of the Currency act
provided in those words:
"And tho Secretary of tbo Truaeary ihall r
(air. of the aeeociatione thui designated laiiifeo
tory oecurity by tho dtpoiit of United States
booda and otherwiio, for the safe keeping and
prompt payment of the public money uepolltod
with themaod for the faithtul performance ol
their dutiet at Soenciel agent! of the ttotara
menU" '
If the committee are disposed to do
their duty and to let tbe publio see
bow far official favoritism baa gone in
sustaining tbe grossest infractions of
laws dosigned for the protection of tho
community, and in appropriating tbo
people's money to prop up ihese rotten
ooncerns, there is a wide field of ex
ploration before tbem. - But we foar
tbey are not likely to improve the op
portunity. The N. Y. Sun. don't tiava vnnnh
fuilh in Philadelphia; and, turning
away from Tammany frauds, sayt tbo
Quaker City ia to-day the worst gov
erncd city in America except Wash
ington, a. may ve aa wen governed
as Boston or San Franciaco. To-day
its dobt is fifty-eight millions of dol
lars, or nearly three timea that of
r , - ...
rennsyivania. i no expenditures are
twenty milliont a year, and Ibe taxes
hither in nrnnnrtinn la tha vital wvaalth
titan in any other city in the country,
it. v.iin-.i .. : I . 1 '
... " .euei veuiwi.
Camsron Like, A safety ballot
box patented and prepared forexhibU
lion, has been engaging tho allonlion
of rotmbeis of Congress, and Senator
Matt. Carpenter favors Ibe passage of
a law commanding Its nse. To tbia
tht Harrisburg Telegraph terlootly ob-
Jects. Ofoouree. Anything favoring
bonettr In elections, or tbe prevention,
of frauds, would bt sore to be denounc
ed by tbe home organ of Simon, fta
iron.